# TV Tropes

7 Hacker News commenters recommended TV Tropes and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free wiki cataloguing storytelling tropes across media, loved for its endless browsing; the main caveat is that it easily eats hours.

## Why people recommend it

- Endless absorbing browsing rabbit hole (3 comments): "I only gained an appreciation for such meta-reading during a weeks-long TV Tropes bender" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46263803)) "As long as you can avoid getting sucked in to an all-day wiki bender." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46143707)) "caution, TV Tropes will consume your free time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576238))
- Captures the best of the internet (2 comments): "they encapsulate the best of what I like about the internet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50048333)) "thus it is the true marvel of the internet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051454))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "TV Tropes", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tv-tropes/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).